BRUE^S THIRD VOYAGE. 
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twenty fusiliers, that puissant monarch requested 
a reinforcement, in order to secure himself and his 
capital from any risk of insult. Being supplied, 
therefore, with fifteen free negroes, he was ena- 
bled to muster a guard of thirty musqueteers, 
who made a respectable figure. When the salute 
was made by mutual discharges of musquetry, they 
fired with ball, which was complained of by the 
Moors as somewhat too rude a welcome. How- 
ever, the interview passed between Addi and 
the Brak with the utmost politeness and apparent 
cordiality. Addi then came on board the vessel, 
and held a long conference with the Director. 
Unfortunately, the chief topic of his conversation 
consisted in the most extravagant praises of the 
Dutch, who were then in possession of Arguin, 
and whose generosity, and the vast presents they 
had given, seemed to have made the deepest im- 
pression on his mind. No subject could be less 
acceptable to Brue ; but though he made consi- 
derable attempts to alter the princess views with 
regard to that nation, he did not choose to make 
this predilection a ground of quarrel. Having 
remained to dinner, the prince at first refused 
wine ; but being prevailed upon to taste Canary, 
was so much pleased, that he went over, without 
farther scruple, all the French wines that were in 
the Director's possession. 
On the IQth of April Brue was honoured with 
